The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature of All Times and Nations, Volume 3Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley Gebbie Publishing Company, Limited, 1884 |
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Pagina 258
... Cluppins , glancing at the tin sauce glasses in honor of the sentiment , and pan and the Dutch oven , " it's shock- got very talkative directly . ing cabalistic documents in his pocket , was no other than ! " Barbareous , ' " said Mrs ...
... Cluppins , glancing at the tin sauce glasses in honor of the sentiment , and pan and the Dutch oven , " it's shock- got very talkative directly . ing cabalistic documents in his pocket , was no other than ! " Barbareous , ' " said Mrs ...
Pagina 279
... Cluppins and Mrs. Sanders . should you like to have another father ? ' " I say systematic villany , gentlemen , " I shall prove to you , gentlemen , that said Serjeant Buzfuz , looking through Mr. Pickwick , and talking at him ; " and ...
... Cluppins and Mrs. Sanders . should you like to have another father ? ' " I say systematic villany , gentlemen , " I shall prove to you , gentlemen , that said Serjeant Buzfuz , looking through Mr. Pickwick , and talking at him ; " and ...
Pagina 281
... Cluppins , " said Ser- jeant Buzfuz , rising a minute afterwards , with renewed vigor . The nearest usher called for Elizabeth Tuppins ; another one , at a little distance off , demanded Elizabeth Jupkins ; and a third rushed in a ...
... Cluppins , " said Ser- jeant Buzfuz , rising a minute afterwards , with renewed vigor . The nearest usher called for Elizabeth Tuppins ; another one , at a little distance off , demanded Elizabeth Jupkins ; and a third rushed in a ...
Pagina 287
... Clup- pins worthy of credence they would believe it , and if they didn't , why they wouldn't . If they were satisfied that a breach of promise of marriage had been committed , they would find for the plaintiff with such damages as they ...
... Clup- pins worthy of credence they would believe it , and if they didn't , why they wouldn't . If they were satisfied that a breach of promise of marriage had been committed , they would find for the plaintiff with such damages as they ...
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Andy Arrah asked Balnibarbi Bardell better Brick Lane called Captain Captain Cleggs captain's gig Cluppins court cried dear Deioneus devil Dick doctor door Durfy epigram exclaimed eyes father fire fool Ganymede gave gentleman Gil Blas give glass hair hand head hear heard heart Heaven honor Hot Cross Bun inquired island Ixion Jove Juno jury King lady Laputa laugh legs look Lord M'Garry master ment mind morning Murphy Murtough never night O'Grady Perker person Pickwick poet poor pretty replied round Sam Weller Samivel Sammy SAMUEL LOVER says Serjeant Buzfuz Serjeant Snubbin servant smile squire stood struldbrugs sure tell there's Thessaly thing thou thought tion Titmouse told took turned Wardle Weller wery wick wife window Winkle woman word young
Populaire passages
Pagina 190 - An ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
Pagina 370 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Pagina 361 - I cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good ; But sure I think, that I can drink With him that wears a hood : Though I go bare, take ye no care ; I nothing am a-cold : I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old.
Pagina 33 - Tam wi' furious ettle; But little wist she Maggie's mettle! Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail: The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o...
Pagina 82 - To Dr. Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the -greatest genius of his age.
Pagina 32 - But pleasures are like poppies spread — You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow falls in the river — A moment white, then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o...
Pagina 297 - Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgra.be. "Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!" He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought — So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought. And as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey...
Pagina 190 - Defend me therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up...
Pagina 278 - Mrs. Bardell's opinions of the opposite sex, gentlemen, were derived from a long contemplation of the inestimable qualities of her lost husband. She had no fear, she had no distrust, she had no suspicion, all was confidence and reliance. ' Mr. Bardell,' said the widow,
Pagina 128 - A WELL there is in the west country, And a clearer one never was seen ; There is not a wife in the west country But has heard of the Well of St. Keyne.